A picnic shelter has been reserved for NoVAGO at Locust Grove in Triangle for Sunday, October 20th. Additional details will be announced as the event gets closer. Please consider supporting our annual auction at this year’s event. The auction is our largest fundraiser of the year.
Northern Virginia Geocaching Organization is pleased to announce the 2024 board of officers and directors. PRESIDENT – ThompsonKickers VICE PRESIDENT – RufnRedy SECRETARY – TrexM8s TREASURER – freddiecrs PUPLIC RELATIONS – hrothroc DIRECTORS – (determined upon vote of first board meeting) Every year, we host an event to let you meet our new officers (most of them will be there.) We also use this gathering to thank our outgoing board members and directors, as well as volunteers who have helped make NoVAGO great in the previous year. If you’ve hosted an event in the Northern Virginia area in 2023, we thank you. Thanks 2023! Event (GCAHRY9) January 21, 2023, 3:00-4:00 pm Santini’s New York Style Deli*3980 Corsair CtChantilly, VA 20151 *No purchase required to attend event. … Continue reading
8:11 PM Cachers who pre-ordered by November 15th: The 123123 Trackables will be available for pick up at the MGS and NoVAGO 123123 events: GCAGDZ4: MGS 123123sday 11:30 – 12:30 Pike Kitchen, 1066 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD GCAGCH0: NoVAGO 123sDAY: 12/31/23 New Year’s Eve Event 2:00 – 3:00 Ledo’s, 8324 Old Keene Mill Rd, West Springfield, VA Log your Will Attend! NoVAGO Cachers may message Monica Lynch, TrexM8s if you would like to arrange for payment in advance. Reminder: The MGS version will feature colors from the Maryland state flag. In the NoVAGO version, the trackable will highlight the blues and greens of the great Virginia outdoors. There will also be an American version featuring red, white and blue. These fundraisers will only be available through MGS and NoVAGO. You can purchase one trackable for $15, two trackables for $25 or three trackables for $35. Your trackables will be delivered during NoVAGO and MGS caching … Continue reading
Members Host Events Before and After the New Year across Northern Virginia As announced by Geocaching HQ, there are two opportunities to earn some souvenirs. Earn Farewell to 2023 by finding any geocache, attending an Event, or completing an Adventure Lab® Location from December 24–31. Earn Greetings from 2024 by finding any geocache, attending an Event, or completing an Adventure Lab® Location from January 1–8. Thanks to all our volunteers who host these events so that the rest of us can get together and share geocaching stories. Here’s what coming up for you to earn these colorful souvenirs: 12/24, 9:00-9:30am, Twas the morning of the Night before Christmas in Dumfries, hosted by Team_Palazzo 12/24, 11:15am-12:00pm, Jingle Burgers in Lake Ridge, hosted by Awesnap 12/24, 1:00-2:00pm, Bottom of the Hump – Twas the Day Before Christmas in Chantilly, hosted by effstop 12/25, 3:00-3:30pm, Merry Christmas in Reston, hosted by effstop 12/29, 12:00-12:30pm, Need Your Event … Continue reading
Annual Series Wraps up with Awards Event This year our theme has been cheesy movies. We’ve named it Moviepalooza. Pre-selected members of NoVAGO have been busy hiding geocaches around the area since early October. Let’s call them the producers. The rest of us have been searching and (hopefully) finding all these great caches. We can call ourselves the audience. As the series comes to an end, lets get the audience together to give the producers an applause. There just might be some recognitions to give out for the audience members as well. You won’t want to miss it! Woodbridge Monthly Meet and Greet is hosting the Awards! Waters End Brewery, 12425 Dillingham Sq., Lakeridge Saturday, December 16, 2023 2:00 – 3:30 pm Be sure to let the host and hostess know that you are coming. Please RSVP on the event page: Woodbridge M&G December 2023 (GCAGR20) … Continue reading
VOTING OPEN FOR 2024 NoVAGO Officers Last month we asked our membership to nominate volunteers to fill the officer positions for the 2024 board. You can read that article with the job descriptions by CLICKING HERE. You can also find a link to our By-Laws here. Thanks go out to our board members who are returning in one way or another for 2024. The following candidates will be automatically sworn into office on the first of January: Dave P. (rufnredy) for Vice President, Monica L. (TrexM8s) for Secretary, Freddie C. (freddiecrs) for Treasurer, and Heather C (hrothroc) for Public Relations. The office of president is the only contested position this year. Please read a little about each candidate in the drop menu below before heading to the voting form. Gina T. “ThompsonKickers” What is your caching name? My name is Gina T. (ThompsonKickers) and I have graciously accepted the nomination … Continue reading
To help you celebrate this New Year’s Eve and its doubly cool date – 12/31/23, NoVAGO and MGS are pursuing a joint fundraiser for area cachers. The two groups are working with Oakcoins/GeoSwag to produce three customized versions of the World Wide Group Project Happy 123sDay trackable (https://geoswag.com/product/123123-world-wide-group-project/). The MGS version will feature colors from the Maryland state flag. In the NoVAGO version, the trackable will highlight the blues and greens of the great Virginia outdoors. There will also be an American version featuring red, white and blue. These fundraisers will only be available through MGS and NoVAGO. You can purchase one trackable for $15, two trackables for $25 or three trackables for $35. Your trackables will be delivered during NoVAGO and MGS caching events on New Year’s Eve. By November 13, please share your purchase plans with NoVAGO or MGS. Payments will not be due until after the trackables are delivered in December. If you have questions, please … Continue reading
NOMINATIONS ARE OPEN! All the events and activities you enjoy throughout the year are the result of a very dedicated team, also known as your board! Nominations for the following NoVAGO Officer positions are now being accepted through November 30: PresidentVice PresidentSecretaryTreasurerPublic Relations The terms for these positions start January 1, 2024 and last for the full year. Directors will be selected by the Officers during the first part of 2024 to serve during the year. You can (and should) check out the job descriptions below to see what is involved. You can find the official descriptions in the NoVAGO By-laws. Currently serving Officers are listed in our About NoVAGO section. As current President Gina Thompson (thompsonkickers) mentioned recently in her monthly NoVAGO message, we especially encourage local cachers with NoVAGO volunteer experience to give consideration to being nominated. If you are interested, or know someone who is interested, in … Continue reading
Want to learn more about geocaching? Join NoVAGO at the Handley Regional Library in Winchester on Saturday, September 23, 2023. There will be a “Geocaching 101” presentation at 11am hosted by NoVAGO’s president, Gina Thompson. The presentation will also be an official geocaching event (GCACYZZ) so be sure to sign the log book! There will be a scavenger hunt inside the library to get you in the mood. Local geocachers will be on hand from 10am-4:30pm to answer questions. All geocachers are invited to attend the event, whether this is your first “find” or you have thousands under your belt. We look forward to meeting you! Visit the Handley Regional Library website for more info. To go to directly to the event page, CLICK HERE. … Continue reading
At the July board meeting, officers voted to activate a committee charged with gathering nominations for the 2024 slate of officers. This committee will also manage the election. We would like to thank Michael Schwandt (aka schwandt) and Jesse Chou (aka MrPsyduck) for volunteering for to be on this committee and for taking on this task. If these names sound familiar, it is because they were also the dynamic duo who ran our 2023 cache awards. If you are interested in being a part of NoVAGO’s future and are considering a run for office, please reach out to a current officer and we will put you in touch with the committee. … Continue reading